Characterization of Fabricated Gold-Doped ZnO Nanospheres and Their Use as a Photocatalyst in the Degradation of DR-31 Dye

Table 1

Effect of temperature on different properties of Au-ZnO.

Effect of temperature	Crystallite size (XRD)	Grain size (nm) (FESEM)	Band gap (eV)
Without quenching	28.23	40-45	3.046
With quenching	32.53	55-60	3.024